HexShafts

05-01-2009, 04:14 AM

Well, it was probably stupid but I made a trade for the last of my carbons for some hexshafts from a guy on tradgang. Never tried em. I seen thier website. Its starting to feel like shooting woodies without soul.

But the deal was 9 hexshaft arrows fully crested and almost new + 12 supercedars (I think are poplar), for my 12 gold tip trads.

Anyone try hexshafts?

LBR · 05-04-2009, 11:52 AM

I never tired the "hexshaft" brand, but to date I'm not impressed with laminated shafting--but I haven't tried any in a long time either.

The "uniform strength" seems like a gimmick to me--when you get yours, could you put them on a spine tester and see? With "regular" wood, you just mark the side you spine, align your nock accordingly, and it doesn't matter if it spines differently on the other side--you shoot them the same, according to the mark, and all is well.

A fellow I used to buy from (been retired for some time now) wouldn't carry laminated shafting. His problem with them was (according to him), "if they are straight when they are glued up, they stay straight--if they are crooked when they are glued up, you will never keep them straight".

They might be better now--I dunno--I haven't had a reason to try them again.

Super Cedars are poplar--you won't find many of those around anymore. I got a couple dozen in trade not long ago, from Don Stokes (he made the SC's, along with his brother Bill, here in MS).

Chad

Kanga · 05-04-2009, 04:37 PM

I seem to remember reading a thread about these shafts a couple of years ago and for the life of me I can't remember where I read it.

Some guys had them and had good luck with them while others had nothing but trouble and used them for kindleing.

05-04-2009, 08:33 PM

Got em tonight. Wieght is good. Not the straightest arrows in the world. Played aorund straighten them and they seem to straighten out. I will see if they go back to thier old shape.

Cessna Flyer · 05-06-2009, 01:28 AM

I shoot hex shafts, and yes, you have to straighten them from the get go. But they are a nice shooting shaft.

It was weird building them and not having to worry about grain.

LBR · 05-06-2009, 12:27 PM

Do they spine the same from all sides?

Chad

05-06-2009, 12:45 PM

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ORIGINAL: LBR

Do they spine the same from all sides?

Chad

I haven't looked yet, but I will this weekend. Since they are not dead straight like a new aluminum, its so hard to spine

LBR · 05-07-2009, 04:11 PM

They don't have to be perfectly straight--if they are close all-around, it won't matter.

Chad

05-09-2009, 10:27 AM

Well, I can honestly say, these hex are everything they claim to be. All spine within 4lbs. And even more amazing is these 70-75 arrows work perfect with my Zipper. I wasn't expecting much. I shot my bareshaft and flew like a fletched one. Moved back to 20 yards, and hit with the bare shaft right where I was aiming. Fletched arrows grouped with the bare.

I was doing really good until I moved back to 30 yards, and they drop like a hammer at that distance. They are little heavy. But up to 25 yards, I am deadly.

I am tickled.